The College alters the class schedule in the last week of the semester. This is to create a meeting time that allows faculty the opportunity to give final exams. Giving a final is not required, but all courses must be held during finals week. Please follow the links below for more information about classes during this week.
At the end of each semester, faculty must report on the numbers/percentage of students in each section who successfully completed each of the student learning outcomes (SLOs) for each section.
Student evaluations are processed in the Office of the Provost and will be available to instructors after the completion of the semester. These evaluations will be accessed online by students through their Brightspace interface. Students will be expected to complete and submit the evaluation with a reasonable window of open access during the latter part of a 15-week course; courses running for shorter periods of time will have different access dates published as necessary. Based on availability, faculty may schedule their classes to use a computer classroom to complete the evaluation, request a laptop cart, or ask students to use their smartphones. Each bargaining unit, Adjunct and Faculty Association, should refer to their union contract for frequency and number of student evaluations and observation visits.
The “Supervisor’s Observation Report” is used when a scheduled class observation occurs. Instructors will be observed in accordance with their current Union Association contract. The form can be found here.
Please note that classrooms will be cleaned out in between semesters. Do not leave any personal teaching items or belongings in the classrooms between semesters.
Grade Appeals
The granting of a grade appeal is fairly rare, but it can happen. The usual criteria is that a student would have to be able to document that an instructor failed to follow or misapplied their syllabus policies or college policies in a way that was detrimental to their grade. Any student who wishes to challenge a course grade should do so within 30 calendar days of the final grade being posted in Self Service. The following link provides more information for students and instructors:
Incompletes
Incompletes should be rare. An incomplete may be issued upon the student’s request at the discretion of the instructor in situations in which a student has not completed the course requirements for medical or personal reasons documented to the instructor’s satisfaction. The outstanding work for an incomplete must be completed within 4 weeks into the following semester (excluding winter and summer). If you are requesting extra time, you must note the reason and the amount of additional time you will need (i.e., a specific alternate deadline date).
A student must be aware that an incomplete has been requested, and the student must be aware of the plan in place to complete the work. We will ask instructors to verify this.
Faculty may request an incomplete using the following form:
Incomplete Request Form
Change of Grade:
Instructors cannot change grades through Self Service once a grade has been posted for a student. If a grading error should occur, the change of grade form should be used to make an official change in the student’s records. Change of grade forms are available on SharePoint, in the Academic Records Office, from the faculty suite secretaries, or from extension center staff.
Change of Grade forms should be sent to AcadRec@tompkinscortland.edu
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